Washington's Shadow

Jane Powell cares for her widowed mother while waiting for the return of George Morgan White Eyes, who disappeared out west.  Jane thinks George is dead, killed by agents of Thomas Jefferson.

Jane’s father fought with George Washington at Valley Forge and Washington saw that Leven was paid for his services with warrants for land along the Ohio. Leven gave these warrants to his son Billy.

When Jane’s brothers visit their mother they find Billy. He’s being threatened by thugs  who want his Ohio land.He tells his brothers that George Morgan White Eyes is alive and plans to return to see Jane.

Billy leaves for the Winchester woods and meets George Morgan White Eyes. joining forces with fighters from Ohio. Billy’s brother Cuthbert, mayor of Alexandria, sends militia to help, and his brother Burr, member of Virginia’s General Assembly, goes to Winchester hoping to negotiate a settlement.

Sally, Leven’s widow, and her house servants anxiously send their grandchildren through the woods to Winchester to find news of Billy. These four teenagers, two boys and two girls, make it through the dark woods but meet attackers and are rescued by a mother bear. Near Winchester, several hundred armed men now are ready to face each other in battle.

Barbara N. McLennan of Williamsburg, VA

Barbara McLennan has published eight books and numerous  articles on various political, economic, and historical subjects. For two years she contributed columns and articles on local customs and local history to NorthernNeck.com, a local online newspaper serving the Rappahannock region of Virginia.

Holding both Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and J.D. (Georgetown) degrees, Barbara McLennan is a former professor, association executive and high level official in the United States Departments of Commerce and Treasury. Over the last several years, she has served as docent at Jamestown Settlement, and at Historic Jamestown. She also has assisted the historian in preparation for exhibits at the new museum of the American Revolution at Yorktown.

Dr. McLennan has taught in the Thomas Jefferson School of Public Policy, The College of William and Mary. She also has been a Visiting Scholar at William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business, in the MBA program. She has held a commission as member of the Governor of Virginia’s Asian Advisory Board on trade and investment and is a Board Member of the Chesapeake Bay Writers Organization.